Top news of the week: 08.02.2022.
Coronavirus
US Covid death toll surpasses 900,000
The two-year total compiled by Johns Hopkins University comes less than two months after eclipsing 800,000 deaths
Strained US hospitals seek foreign nurses amid visa windfall
With American hospitals facing a dire shortage of nurses amid a slogging pandemic, many are looking abroad for health care workers. And it could be just in time. There's an unusually high ...
First Thing: Russia calls increased US deployments a ‘destructive step’
The US decision to deploy more than 3,000 US troops in Germany, Poland and Romania will make it harder to reach a compromise over Ukraine, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said
Biden sees US economy as powering past the pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — That bleak jobs report the White House had been bracing for never arrived Friday. Instead, President Joe Biden got the pleasant surprise that the U.S. economy had powered ...
India's coronavirus death toll passes 500,000
Experts say underreporting of cases across country means toll likely to be far higher than official count
Looking for evidence? Trust us, Biden administration says
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Biden's administration was asked for evidence to back up dramatic claims about national security developments this past week, it demurred with a simple ...
‘Homelessness is lethal’: US deaths among those without housing is surging
Untreated disease, violence, exposure, overdoses and car strikes are all added hazards of living on the streets
It's not so easy to get an at-home coronavirus test through Medicaid
States are trying to streamline the process.